Quidam
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Quidam is a Cirque du Soleil touring production known for its surreal, introspective narrative and innovative blend of acrobatics, music, and visual artistry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quidam canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4949306 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quidam Context triple: [Cirque du Soleil, notableWork, Quidam]
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A.
Quam singulari
Quam singulari is a 1910 decree by Pope Pius X that lowered the age for First Communion and emphasized early and frequent reception of the Eucharist by children.
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B.
Eminado
Eminado is a popular Afrobeat song by Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage, known for its catchy melody and romantic lyrics.
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C.
The Fourmost
The Fourmost were a 1960s Liverpool beat group associated with the Merseybeat scene, known for their close ties to The Beatles and hits like "A Little Loving."
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D.
The Esses
The Esses is a challenging downhill sequence of tight, twisting corners at Mount Panorama Circuit that tests drivers' precision and car balance during the Bathurst 1000.
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E.
Ossuccio
Ossuccio is a small lakeside locality on the western shore of Lake Como in northern Italy, known for its scenic setting opposite the historic Isola Comacina.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quidam Target entity description: Quidam is a Cirque du Soleil touring production known for its surreal, introspective narrative and innovative blend of acrobatics, music, and visual artistry.
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A.
Quam singulari
Quam singulari is a 1910 decree by Pope Pius X that lowered the age for First Communion and emphasized early and frequent reception of the Eucharist by children.
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B.
Eminado
Eminado is a popular Afrobeat song by Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage, known for its catchy melody and romantic lyrics.
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C.
The Fourmost
The Fourmost were a 1960s Liverpool beat group associated with the Merseybeat scene, known for their close ties to The Beatles and hits like "A Little Loving."
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D.
The Esses
The Esses is a challenging downhill sequence of tight, twisting corners at Mount Panorama Circuit that tests drivers' precision and car balance during the Bathurst 1000.
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E.
Ossuccio
Ossuccio is a small lakeside locality on the western shore of Lake Como in northern Italy, known for its scenic setting opposite the historic Isola Comacina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cirque du Soleil show
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touring circus production ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| creator | Cirque du Soleil ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Clowns
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Headless man ⓘ Target ⓘ Zoé ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary circus
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theatrical circus ⓘ |
| hasFormat | two-act show ⓘ |
| hasMusicStyle |
contemporary
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orchestral ⓘ world music influences ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStyle |
introspective
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surreal ⓘ |
| hasRuntimeApprox | 2 hours including intermission ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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identity ⓘ imagination ⓘ inner journey ⓘ |
| language | non-verbal ⓘ |
| notableFor | innovative blend of acrobatics, music, and visual artistry ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Asia
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Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ South America ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1996-04-23 ⓘ |
| premiereLocation |
Canada
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Montreal ⓘ Quebec ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
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| productionCompany | Cirque du Soleil ⓘ |
| productionScale | large ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
family audience
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general audience ⓘ |
| touringStatus | retired ⓘ |
| tourType |
arena touring show
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big top touring show ⓘ |
| usesElement |
aerial acrobatics
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clowning ⓘ ground acrobatics ⓘ live music ⓘ visual design ⓘ vocal performance ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
minimalist elements
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surrealist ⓘ symbolic imagery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Quidam Description of subject: Quidam is a Cirque du Soleil touring production known for its surreal, introspective narrative and innovative blend of acrobatics, music, and visual artistry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Dragone